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SM Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism

Dietary Fatty Acids Analysis and its Relevance to Human Health

[ ISSN : 2573-5462 ]

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Received: 20-Jul-2015

Accepted: 25-Aug-2015

Published: 07-Oct-2015

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Xinyan Bi1,2#, Phei Ching Siow1,2#, Siang Wee Lim1,2 and Christiani Jeyakumar Henry1,2,3*

1Clinical Nutrition Research Centre, Centre for Translational Medicine, Singapore

2Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Brenner Centre for Molecular Medicine, Singapore

3Department of Biochemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore #They contribute equally to this work.

Corresponding Author:

Christiani Jeyakumar Henry, Clinical Nutrition Research Centre, Centre for Translational Medicine, Singapore, Email: jeya_henry@sics.a-star.edu.sg

Abstract

The problem of overweight and obesity has reached epidemic proportions worldwide, and the high prevalence is due in part to the consumption of high-fat and high-energy diet. Recent research revealed that it was necessary to consider not only the quantity, but also the quality of fat in diets. Fatty acid analysis is an important tool both for characterizing fats and oils and for determining the total fat content in foods. To date, Gas Chromatography (GC) has become an important technique in fatty acid analysis because accurate results can be obtained for complex, as well as simple, sample matrices. This review presented various analytical methods including GC developed for identification and accurate quantification of dietary fatty acids. The potential health effects of fatty acids were also discussed.

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Bi X, Siow PC, Lim SW and Henry CJ. Dietary Fatty Acids Analysis and its Relevance to Human Health. SM J Nutr Metab. 2015; 1(1): 1005.